Hospice Users are all Medicare beneficiaries who have received (at least one day of) hospice services in 2023. Medicare Decedents are Medicare beneficiaries who died in 2023. Medicare Decedents that Use Hospice are Medicare decedents that used hospice services in 2023.
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Gender distribution of U.S. Medicare decedents that used hospice 2023
Among Medicare decedents that used hospice services in 2023, over half were female. A closer look shows that female Medicare decedents were more likely than their male counterparts to use hospice services.
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Research Institute for Home Care. (January 15, 2025). Distribution of Medicare decedents that used hospice in the United States in 2023, by gender [Graph]. In ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ. Retrieved July 31, 2026, from /statistics/339877/gender-distribution-of-hospice-patients-in-the-us/
Research Institute for Home Care. "Distribution of Medicare decedents that used hospice in the United States in 2023, by gender." Chart. January 15, 2025. ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ. Accessed July 31, 2026. /statistics/339877/gender-distribution-of-hospice-patients-in-the-us/
Research Institute for Home Care. (2025). Distribution of Medicare decedents that used hospice in the United States in 2023, by gender. ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ. ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ Inc.. Accessed: July 31, 2026. /statistics/339877/gender-distribution-of-hospice-patients-in-the-us/
Research Institute for Home Care. "Distribution of Medicare Decedents That Used Hospice in The United States in 2023, by Gender." ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ, ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ Inc., 15 Jan 2025, /statistics/339877/gender-distribution-of-hospice-patients-in-the-us/
Research Institute for Home Care, Distribution of Medicare decedents that used hospice in the United States in 2023, by gender ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ, /statistics/339877/gender-distribution-of-hospice-patients-in-the-us/ (last visited July 31, 2026)
Distribution of Medicare decedents that used hospice in the United States in 2023, by gender [Graph], Research Institute for Home Care, January 15, 2025. [Online]. Available: /statistics/339877/gender-distribution-of-hospice-patients-in-the-us/
